Chinese scientists have for the first time used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient's leukemia and HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS virus.
The tool has long been used in research labs, and a ...

A researcher who claimed to have created the world's first genetically edited babies will face a Chinese police investigation, state media said Monday, as authorities confirmed that a second woman became pregnant during the experiment.
He Jiankui shocked the scientific community last year after announcing ...

Chinese scientists are pressing ahead with their attempts to perfect human gene-editing technology, even after one of their compatriots drew a global backlash for editing the genes of twin girls.
In recent weeks, the work by Shenzhen-based researcher He Jiankui — controversial because he claimed ...